WCF and Custom Profile Provider

Question

User1186064815 posted

I have a custom SQL profile provider and I would to access the users profile properties in a WCF web service.  I have the profile provider settings added to the web.config and I have successfully implemented a custom membership and role provider within the same WCF web service.  When i try to call System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Profile.GetPropertyValue("MyPropertyName").ToString() it returns null because the current user is null.  I have <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" /> in my web.config and  [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)] on my WCF service.

Answer 1

User-1000095884 posted

Hi,

I would suggest you take a look at this document to check if you have missed some steps to use the profile provider to connect to the database.

#How to: Build and Run the Profile Provider Example

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8zs47k7y(v=vs.100).aspx

Best Regards.

Answer 2

User1186064815 posted

Haixia, I am able to use my custom profile provider in a website. So I am pretty sure the implementaiton is correct.  The problem is that I am unable to use the profile provider within a WCF service. 

Answer 3

User-1662538993 posted

Check this links -

http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/416964-Custom-Membership-Providers-in-WCF--Silverlight/

https://github.com/SamSaffron/MiniProfiler/blob/master/StackExchange.Profiling.Wcf/WcfRequestProfilerProvider.cs

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386455.aspx

http://weblogs.asp.net/gsusx/archive/2009/03/27/extending-dublin-s-tracking-service-by-implementing-a-custom-tracking-participant.aspx

Answer 4

User1186064815 posted

Here's the answer:

 

public string GetData(int value)

{

IIdentity currentUser = ServiceSecurityContext.Current.PrimaryIdentity;

if (Roles.IsUserInRole(currentUser.Name, "Developer"))

{

CDIMembershipUser u = (CDIMembershipUser)Membership.GetUser(currentUser.Name);

ProfileBase pb = ProfileBase.Create(currentUser.Name, currentUser.IsAuthenticated);

String accountNumber = pb.GetPropertyValue("AccountNumber").ToString();

return string.Format("Hello {0}. You entered: {1}.", u.FirstName + " " + u.LastName + "(" + accountNumber + ")", value);

}

else

{

return "Access denied";

}

}